Lavra's Christmas services to be broadcast live
The services will be broadcast by the ‘Inter’ and ‘Glas’ TV channels. Photo: news.church.ua
According to the UOC Information and Education Department, it will be possible to see the live broadcast of the festive Christmas services to be held at the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The services will be broadcast by the ‘Inter’ and ‘Glas’ TV channels. A solemn all-night vigil will begin at 5:30 p.m. on January 6. The Divine Liturgy will be broadcast on 7 January, beginning at 9:00.
Besides the Divine Liturgy, these channels will broadcast holiday-themed programmes. On January 7 at 6.20 a.m. ‘Inter’ will show a documentary ‘From Christmas to Theophany’ filmed in the places of the earthly life of the Saviour. On January 7, a charity marathon ‘At Christmas we open not only presents but also hearts’ will start at 12.20 on the ‘Glas’ TV channel.
Earlier, Metropolitan Onuphry addressed the UOC faithful with a Christmas message.
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